Watch: Police at scene after woman's body found at County Road property

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Neighbours revealed their shock at looking out of their windows and seeing a huge police presence surrounding the property.

Four police vans, three police cars and two ambulances were said to have attended the incident.

Neighbours said they did not hear sirens but were alerted that there had been a police incident by blue flashing lights outside their windows and the sound of police radios.

Some of them told the ECHO the man who was arrested was standing outside on County Road with a T-shirt wrapped around his arm before police reached the scene.

One neighbour said: “I was going back to sleep and got woken by lots of walkie talkies.

“At first there was no tape so I thought it’s just another Saturday night domestic. Then next thing they were putting tape up and I’m seeing CID and forensics.

“It’s just getting worse around here. It’s all you ever hear, someone’s been shot, someone’s been stabbed, so when you do hear arguments it’s just usual. It’s quite scary.”

Neighbours paid tribute to Ms Winters, saying she was friendly and pleasant with a child who did not live with her.

One woman said: “She was friendly and she was lovely and quiet... she didn’t deserve that.

“I felt sad when I found out she was dead. She’s been here a few years.

“It’s upsetting seeing this on your doorstep.”

Woman found dead at a property on County Road Walton Liverpool near Everton Football Club. Police and Forensic Officers at the scene on Sunday morning.

The woman is believed to have lived alone in the flat for around two years and was described as being thin with dark hair and glasses. Another neighbour said she was “pleasant but very timid”.

The junction of County Road and Neston Street was cordoned off by police and a forensics team could be seen going in and out of the property yesterday morning. The woman is thought to have lived in a property on the corner of the two roads.

A spokesman for Merseyside Police confirmed they had charged a man with murder.

He said: “Merseyside Police can confirm that Kevin Hawkes, aged 33, of no fixed abode, has been charged with the murder of 39-year-old Sharon Winters this evening (Sunday 13th July). It follows a domestic incident at a house in County Road, Walton shortly after midnight in the early hours of this morning.

“Hawkes will appear before Liverpool City Magistrates Court on Monday morning.”